Awana Parents Night

It has been quite the day for the Poelstras!  We ended it with not only Awana, but Awana parents night, which means that I was able to stay and see what exactly the kids do!  It was fun to see each of them in their own classes, and meet some of the directors of this great program.  Since Steve is working and I had to divide my time between the two kids, I spent the first half of the evening with Shane...

After hearing from the puppet Cubbie Bear (the group Shane is in is called the Cubbies!) and hearing the kids recite the theme Cubbie Bible verses, the kids showed the parents how they like to sing and dance!  In this picture they are starting in on the Hokey Pokey!

"You Give your life to Christ and He turns your life around, that's what it's all about!"

The next song they sang was one of Shane's favorite's - "Jump, Jump, Jump" by Jana Alayra!  He was really excited and really into the song!  Here he is doing the "run to Jesus, give Him your heart."

Upon arriving in Faith's class, I was able to see her say her verses to her teacher and color a picture that went along with the Bible story they heard earlier.  Faith was very excited as she said the final two verses in the first section of her book, which earned her a badge for her vest!  She was so proud that I was there to see this! 

Next the whole Spark group went outside to play some games.  Faith is walking here with a bean bag on her head.  The game portion of the night is always a highlight for Faith.  Tonight, I was able to see her enthusiasm to participate, but I also saw that she would get upset when she didn't get to play every single time!  So, I was glad as we could have a little talk about that and work on that for upcoming Awana nights!! 

Back inside to wrap up the night with the awards ceremony!  Faith's name was called, she gave a high five to the director, and ran off to get her badge!!

She could not be more excited to have earned this!  She told me afterwards that she wants to learn six verses in this coming week so that she can earn another badge next week!